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Oh no, I missed he flight! Despite all my efforts I missed the flight.  To put in into perspective, my usual drill when catching a flight is to pack the morning of the flight.  Does not matter whether it is local or international, for a day trip or a three week trip.  I then just make it to the checkin counter, with minutes to spare.  Then it is fishing out passports, boarding passes and the like and by the time I get into the departure hall I am highly stressed out. This time though I thought I should avoid all the stress and started out by checking in online, exactly 24 hours before the flight, selecting my seat and booking my meal.  At night I packed my bags and got all my things together and before retiring I had, for the first time, everything ready for departure.   This morning I made my way to work for a meeting and even managed to leave at the time I planned.  I got to the airport a hour and a half before the flight, checked in my luggage and noticed the time 12:40 on the board

As I sat by my window watching the sun dip below the rooftops, turning the sky into the deep orange of sunset, I contemplated the ending of another year.  I know that this is the sixth day of the new year but, until today, I have not had the time to contemplate the passing of 2013. As we get older time seems to pass us by faster like a sprinter picking up speed to the finish.  I think that as we get older we realise more and more that the most precious thing in life is time and we are most concerned that we unable to utilise our time to its fullest. Having been alone, for the last three years, has also made me realise how important it is to have the right partner to share time with, something I did not contemplate when I first got married, and something I thought I had taped when I got married for the second time.  But it seems that I had missed the boat on both occasions. I realised that, as a result of this I have missed, some of the most memorable events that a parent can be